Isay Weinfeld

Isay Weinfeld

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Profile

Isay Weinfeld is the Head Architect of a studio that takes his name and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil since its foundation, in 1973.

Graduated from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in 1975, he has run a multidisciplinary practice focused on projects in the most diverse areas - office, civic, commercial, residential, hospitality, etc - always providing full architecture and interior design services.
Amongst countless projects developed over the years, some of the highlights are the hotels designed for Grupo Fasano in São Paulo, Punta del Este and Porto Feliz, the Livraria da Vila bookstores in São Paulo, the Centro Cultural Midrash in Rio de Janeiro and the Square Nine Hotel in Belgrade, in addition to the feature film Fogo e Paixão and a line of office furniture designed for Geiger/Heman Miller.

Many are also the awards received over a career spanning nearly 40 years, such as Prêmio Rino Levi awarded by Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil/SP (for Casa Inglaterra, in 2000), Prêmio da VI Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo (for Praça da Amauri, in 2005) and MIPIM AR Future Project Awards, organized by British magazine Architectural Review (for Edifício 360º, in 2009, and for Edifício Oka, in 2012).

Featured in numerous titles in Brazil and abroad, his bibliography includes three monograph publicaions on his work, written by journalists Daniel Piza (2006) and Raul Barreneche (2008 and 2012).

Philosophy

A diverse range of work - the effect of clear resolve, rather than of luck or chance - is grounded on the belief that the experience in different themes greatly contributes to the better performance of our responsibilities, and on the certainty that in Architecture, inasmuch as in any other trade, broadening horizons is crucial and part of a lifelong learning process

Our practice is driven by a philosophical approach that makes no distinction between the project of a chair and that of a building, in the sense that dedication to each of the assignments is the same, as is the working process behind them, including sketches, models, prototypes, development and detail drawings, and close follow-up of execution works.

Nonetheless, if technically our projects are the outcome of an equation combining program, location, legislation, budget and deadline, it is from the client that we draw the necessary inspiration to - on a symbolic, while not less important dimension - imprint an identity to the project, whether a home, a store, a hotel, a cultural center, or even a factory.

We believe excellence in design results from combined skills and efforts. By working as a team from the start of a project, engineers and we join together our knowledge, often supported by the latest advances in building technology, to ensure the best solutions are achieved and all of the client's demands are met.

Profile

Isay Weinfeld is the Head Architect of a studio that takes his name and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil since its foundation, in 1973.

Graduated from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in 1975, he has run a multidisciplinary practice focused on projects in the most diverse areas - office, civic, commercial, residential, hospitality, etc - always providing full architecture and interior design services.
Amongst countless projects developed over the years, some of the highlights are the hotels designed for Grupo Fasano in São Paulo, Punta del Este and Porto Feliz, the Livraria da Vila bookstores in São Paulo, the Centro Cultural Midrash in Rio de Janeiro and the Square Nine Hotel in Belgrade, in addition to the feature film Fogo e Paixão and a line of office furniture designed for Geiger/Heman Miller.

Many are also the awards received over a career spanning nearly 40 years, such as Prêmio Rino Levi awarded by Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil/SP (for Casa Inglaterra, in 2000), Prêmio da VI Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo (for Praça da Amauri, in 2005) and MIPIM AR Future Project Awards, organized by British magazine Architectural Review (for Edifício 360º, in 2009, and for Edifício Oka, in 2012).

Featured in numerous titles in Brazil and abroad, his bibliography includes three monograph publicaions on his work, written by journalists Daniel Piza (2006) and Raul Barreneche (2008 and 2012).

Philosophy

A diverse range of work - the effect of clear resolve, rather than of luck or chance - is grounded on the belief that the experience in different themes greatly contributes to the better performance of our responsibilities, and on the certainty that in Architecture, inasmuch as in any other trade, broadening horizons is crucial and part of a lifelong learning process

Our practice is driven by a philosophical approach that makes no distinction between the project of a chair and that of a building, in the sense that dedication to each of the assignments is the same, as is the working process behind them, including sketches, models, prototypes, development and detail drawings, and close follow-up of execution works.

Nonetheless, if technically our projects are the outcome of an equation combining program, location, legislation, budget and deadline, it is from the client that we draw the necessary inspiration to - on a symbolic, while not less important dimension - imprint an identity to the project, whether a home, a store, a hotel, a cultural center, or even a factory.

We believe excellence in design results from combined skills and efforts. By working as a team from the start of a project, engineers and we join together our knowledge, often supported by the latest advances in building technology, to ensure the best solutions are achieved and all of the client's demands are met.